It sounds like they have decided to only support a couple of browsers and they reject others based on the useragent string.
It's a bit deeper than that. I use Opera. I get this type of thing (though less than previously). I use Proxomitron to handle most of this, and for gap.com, I had to not only use the user agent spoofing, but turn on more in depth masking, with JavaScript spoofing.
For what it's worth, the site seems to work with Opera, though I didn't try to place an order. Last time I was in one of their stores was to use it as a shortcut from where I parked into the mall. Might've been the first time, too.
While not true in every case, primary reasons for not completing a degree on time would include
a) not passing a class (or more than one);
b) not having enough money to complete on time (requiring working part time or similar);
c) pressures external to the coursework. (As a prof once said "... and then they discover sex and their marks go to hell.")
Some of these may be related. However, none of these apply to the "guarantee" offered, which just says "we'll make the courses available" (or make arrangements). And they should - if their class administration is so bad that their students can't finish their program, the university should be held responsible.
A class action suit may be launched against Wikipedia, in part due to the publicity stirred by this story. If you've been defamed on Wikipedia, I figure you've had your 15 minutes of fame, but these folks would like you to contact them.
It is interesting that the litigious page has copied Wikipedia's (presumably copy righted) logo.
I wonder if any rulings from this would also apply to blogs and places like slashdot.
Oh, to have mod points right now. I think I'd give an insightful to the parent post.
I was looking for the posts that said that Google users were also better looking / sexually attractive / whatever, but maybe that goes along with the "richer" part.
The question remains: What about those of us who still use older search engines?
Sorry about the mispost, I realised later that others weren't verifying this theory. I don't use Macs, was drawn to the story by the mention of Opera. I didn't understand from my reading ot the summary that this was a Mac only problem.
"A total of five programs - Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Exercise and Sports Science - will be eliminated."
I am somewhat surprised this hasn't been posted yet.
The Apple discussion board has a few messages like this:
Thank you for contacting customer support. We appreciate you taking the time to write us.
The immediate response to this issue is to clear the Safari browser cache and reconnect. This solves 99% of the problems you described. From reseach on the Apple Support discussion boards, an issue with has been identified as a buggy Java update from Apple (J2SE 5.0) for Mac OS X 10.4.3. The only known workaround is to revert back to J2SE 1.4.2. Once that is done, Safari and Opera correctly resolve and forward domains.
Sincerely,
Bobby P.
GoDaddy.com
Customer Service Representative
Heh, maybe it's Sun's fault;-) Anyway those with problems should drop back a Java version.
Well, the stories that were written (well, spoken, since most of these are verbal cultures) as things really happened got lost as that was too boring.
The story tellers had to "sex it up" to be certain that the story got through. And the sexed-up stories survived. So, we get thunderbirds;-)
It's rather cool that things haven't really changed that much over time. People flock to movies "based on a true story", but aren't willing to pay to see a documentary on the same story. (Unless the story's already "sexy".)
And lo, in the year 1995 did the United States Patent Office again ignore the art that hath gone before and grantest the patent on tumeric. And those long two years did the people of India fight the just fight and bring the USPO to the recognition of its ill behaviour and have USPO revokest this ill patent.
And yet dist the patent office of Europe grant a patent on a product based on neem, of common knowledge in India, and for 10 years did resist the calls for sanity before purging the patent.
And in the year 1998 didst the USPO again fall on its head and granted a patent on Basmati rice. Four years of arduous labours did it take before the USPO did see reason and revokest this imbicility.
And thus was it wrote, and thus was it ignored by the slashdaughters, and the article persisted on the internet.
The original post might've said this poorly. The taxonomic system is certainly a human invention, to help us understand what is related to what (or better, how each type of living thing is related to all the rest). However, if you wish to insist it is designed, it was badly designed. The original concept is great, but there are places which are muddy and where the original hierarchy doesn't match well with those organisms which are somewhat unique.
I'm not sure why these people get so many articles posted. They are quite up front about who they are / what they do. I guess Zonk likes to reward honesty;-)
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It's a bit deeper than that. I use Opera. I get this type of thing (though less than previously). I use Proxomitron to handle most of this, and for gap.com, I had to not only use the user agent spoofing, but turn on more in depth masking, with JavaScript spoofing.
For what it's worth, the site seems to work with Opera, though I didn't try to place an order. Last time I was in one of their stores was to use it as a shortcut from where I parked into the mall. Might've been the first time, too.
Well, that one's good enough for most money grubbing s/w companies. Why do you need more?
Shhh. You'll spoil the speculation. After all, you can't start bringing in reality ;-)
Are there any stats on how many articles are submitted as a ratio to those approved?
The original article can be found here for those who don't want to subscribe to the NY Times or use bugmenot.
So are kids - can we put them in the cage now?
This would be a sticking point.
While not true in every case, primary reasons for not completing a degree on time would include
a) not passing a class (or more than one);
b) not having enough money to complete on time (requiring working part time or similar);
c) pressures external to the coursework. (As a prof once said "... and then they discover sex and their marks go to hell.")
Some of these may be related. However, none of these apply to the "guarantee" offered, which just says "we'll make the courses available" (or make arrangements). And they should - if their class administration is so bad that their students can't finish their program, the university should be held responsible.
Orlowski writes "Now a picture of the body behind the "Hive Mind" of "collective intelligence" begins to take shape.
He's 14, he's got acne, he's got a lot of problems with authority ... and he's got an encyclopedia on dar interweb."
The guy is trolling. It really doesn't mater if you agree with him or not, this comment is flamebait, pure and simple.
I am not sure where you got the troll equals terrorist meme from. It doesn't ring true for me. (Perhaps I'm a drone of "the hive mind"?)
It is interesting that the litigious page has copied Wikipedia's (presumably copy righted) logo.
I wonder if any rulings from this would also apply to blogs and places like slashdot.
Zero-g football, eh? Do they have a player called Jim Bexley Speed?
I thought that in Soviet Russia, scientists would help depressed hamsters.
I was looking for the posts that said that Google users were also better looking / sexually attractive / whatever, but maybe that goes along with the "richer" part.
The question remains: What about those of us who still use older search engines?
That is why I chose to use "verbal" rather than "oral" ...
Really? Interesting ...
Sorry about the mispost, I realised later that others weren't verifying this theory. I don't use Macs, was drawn to the story by the mention of Opera. I didn't understand from my reading ot the summary that this was a Mac only problem.
This page has more details.
"A total of five programs - Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Exercise and Sports Science - will be eliminated."
Heh, maybe it's Sun's fault ;-) Anyway those with problems should drop back a Java version.
Amaya 9.2.1 brings up a page saying there's a frame, with a link to the other site directly.
It did take a while for the first instance to load (in Opera).
Woo-hoo ... oh, you meant that as a bad thing. Sorry.
Who is to say if this is worthwhile or not at this point? I think it's rather neat.
The story tellers had to "sex it up" to be certain that the story got through. And the sexed-up stories survived. So, we get thunderbirds ;-)
It's rather cool that things haven't really changed that much over time. People flock to movies "based on a true story", but aren't willing to pay to see a documentary on the same story. (Unless the story's already "sexy".)
And lo, in the year 1995 did the United States Patent Office again ignore the art that hath gone before and grantest the patent on tumeric. And those long two years did the people of India fight the just fight and bring the USPO to the recognition of its ill behaviour and have USPO revokest this ill patent.
And yet dist the patent office of Europe grant a patent on a product based on neem, of common knowledge in India, and for 10 years did resist the calls for sanity before purging the patent.
And in the year 1998 didst the USPO again fall on its head and granted a patent on Basmati rice. Four years of arduous labours did it take before the USPO did see reason and revokest this imbicility.
And thus was it wrote, and thus was it ignored by the slashdaughters, and the article persisted on the internet.
The original post might've said this poorly. The taxonomic system is certainly a human invention, to help us understand what is related to what (or better, how each type of living thing is related to all the rest). However, if you wish to insist it is designed, it was badly designed. The original concept is great, but there are places which are muddy and where the original hierarchy doesn't match well with those organisms which are somewhat unique.
We need a new Linnaeus.
I'm not sure why these people get so many articles posted. They are quite up front about who they are / what they do. I guess Zonk likes to reward honesty ;-)
That's bogus - not only are the voices still there, they have a tendancy to echo, so it sounds like more of them. ;-)
Seeing that the original story broke in May, this is likely a dupe from the May-June timeframe.